Chinook salmon-Elwha River-Eric Klingberg-2022

Employee Greg Byford poses with Chinook Salmon while wading in the Elwha River in Washington State.
Photo By/Credit

Eric Klingberg Intern/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
02/10/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Long live the kings! Service employee Greg Byford shows off an Elwha River Chinook ("King") salmon after collecting biological data from and radio tagging it. After release, this salmon was tracked several miles up river to it's spawning grounds.
Facility
Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Staff
Gregory Byford
Subject tags
Fish migration
Fisheries
Radio telemetry
Rivers and streams